Raking attachment



June 29 1926. I 1,590,906

J. H. RICHARDSON BAK NG ATTACHMENT Filed Jan.' 9 1925 IH'GJ.

. INVENTOR. JEJEZ WQISQY'I BY- Y ATTORNEY.

Patented June 29, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN H. RICHARDSON, F noNALsoNvrLLn, GEORGIA.

B KING ATTACHMENT:

Application filed January This invention relates to cultivators, 'plows, and the like, and has for one of its objects to provide a raker attachment for 7 devices of this character, with means whereby the material gathered bythe attachment may be dumped or discharged automatically at'predetennined intervals, as the apparatus is drawn over the ground; I

7 Another object of the invention is to, provide a device of this character which may be connected to cultivators or plows of various makes'or constructions without material structuralchange in the attachment.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel'features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointedout .in the claims, and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the in vention Figure 1 is a side elevationof the improved device.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Figure 1.

The improved attachment is designed to rake or pull up certain kinds of vines, such as peanuts and the like, and pile them in uniformly spaced bunches as the cultivator or plow travels forwardly, and is adapted to be attached to any of the various makes of sulky cultivators or plows, but for the purpose of illustration is shown applied to a conventional sulky plow or cultivator, and including an arched axle 10, bearing wheels 11, draft tongue 12, seat supports 13, and draw beams or bars 14, the latter pivoted at 15 to the tongue frame and carrying the plow element 14.

The controlling mechanism for the cultivator beams is not shown, as these devices form no partof the present invention.

The improved attachment includes a head member 16, preferably formed of a section of an L bar, and swingingly coupled to some portion of the framework of the plow or cultivator, for instance, to the seat bars 13, by brackets 17 and a rock shaft 18, as shown.

The raker teeth 19 are of the usual curved spring construction and coupled at 20 to the head member 16, and each tooth with the usual spring coil 21. The teeth 19 may be supported by transverse stay members 22. 1

The mechanism for automatically producing the dumping or discharging operation includes a shipper bar 35 slidably coupled at one end at 36 to the arched axle 9, 1925. Serial No.1,406.

10, and connected at the other end at 37 to a standard 38, the latter in turn rigidly connected at 39 to the head. member 16. I Attached by a clip device 40 to one of th wheels ll, for instance to an adjacent pair ofthe spokes, is a roller 41. ,Pivoted at 42 to the bar 35 is a trip lever 43 depending into the path of the roller 41, and preferably provided with a small roller 44 in its outer end. Rigidly attached at45 to the adjacent vertical portion of the axle 10, is a stop bracket 46 including a flat lower face extending into the pathof-the roller 44-of the swinging trip arm 43.

Attached tothe vertical portions of the arched axle, are supporting collars,v one of which is shown at '47, Extending rear.- wardly from each collar is a beam, one of which is shown at 48, and connected to the rearends of these beams is a head member 49.

Secured to the head member 49 is a plurality of rearwardly extending spaced clearerteeth 50, one for each of the raker teeth 19, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

By this arrangement when the wheel 11 rotates the trip roller 41 travelling in the arc of a circle, will abut the swinging trip lever 43. pushing it forwardly and thus carrymg the bar 35 forwardly causing the head member 16 to'roll upon the rock shaft 18, and

thus elevating the rear ends of the raker teeth into load discharging position once at each revolution ofthe carrier wheel. As the roller 44 passes from beneath the bearing plate 46, the trip member 43 is released and the weight of the raker teeth will cause-them to return by gravity to their former or op- GPH'LIVQ position.

As the teeth 19 move upwardly, the load of material will be stripped therefrom by the clearer teeth 50. V

The improved apparatus is simple in construction, and can be readily applied to sulky cultivators or plows of any of the well known makes.

The preferred embodiment of'the invention is disclosed in the drawings and set forth in the specification, but it will be understood that modifications within the scope of the claimed invention may be made in the construction without departing from the principle of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. I I

Having thus described my invention what is claimed is: I i

1. A raking attachment for acultivator comprismg a head member, a rock shaft therefor, means for supporting the shaft from the cultivator, a standard fixed to said member, a shipper bar fixed to the standard,- 'means for slidably connecting said bar to the axle of the cultivator, a roller, means for connecting it to a' cultivator Wheel, a trip lever pivotally connected to said bar and having its lower end arranged in the path of travel of said roller and having its upper end provided with a roller, a stop connected to the cultivator axle and arranged in the path of the roller carried by the trip lever, andrrearwardly extending raking-teeth secured to the head member.

'2. A, inking attachment for a cultivator comprising a head member, a rock shaft therefor, means for supporting the shaft from the cultivator, a standard fixed, to said member, a shipper bar fixed to the standard,

' means for slidably connecting said bar to the axle of the cultivator, a roller, means-for connecting it to a cultivator Wheel, a trip lever pivotally connected to said bar and having its lower endarranged in the path of travel of said roller and having its upper end provided with a roller, a'stop connected to the cultivator axle and arranged in the path of the roller carried by the trip lever,

rearwardly extending raking teeth secured to the head member, a pair of-spaced rear- Wardly extending L-shaped beams connected with and depending below the cultivator axle, a head member secured to the rear ends of said beams, and a series of rearwardly extending clearer teeth secured to the lastmentioned head member and associated With said raking teeth,

3. A raking attachment for a cultivator comprising a pivoted raking mechanism rearvvardly of and supported from the cul-- ti-vator, a clearing mechanism associated with the raklng mechanism and adapted to be connected to the cultivator body, a stand-' ard fixed to said raking mechanism, a shipto the cultivator axle and arranged in the path ofthe upper end of the lever.

In testimony whereoflI afiix my signature hereto. v

JOHN H. RICI-IARDSDN. 

